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Thank a Postal Worker Thank a Postal Worker

The USPS needs support, not downsizing.

Dec 26, 2013 / John Nichols

FDR’s ‘Christmas Carol’ is the Antidote to Lump-of-Coal Austerity

FDR’s ‘Christmas Carol’ is the Antidote to Lump-of-Coal Austerity FDR’s ‘Christmas Carol’ is the Antidote to Lump-of-Coal Austerity

The thirty-second president used Dickens’s tale to make the case for programs to aid the dispossessed. We should do the same.

Dec 24, 2013 / John Nichols

Did ‘The New Republic’ Take Money From a Drone Manufacturer That Wanted It to Run Defenses of Drones?

Did ‘The New Republic’ Take Money From a Drone Manufacturer That Wanted It to Run Defenses of Drones? Did ‘The New Republic’ Take Money From a Drone Manufacturer That Wanted It to Run Defenses of Drones?

More on the national security web site Lawfare and its solicitation of sponsorship from defense contractors like Northrop Grumman.

Dec 24, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013

A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013 A Climate Truth-Tellers Honor Roll of 2013

What would our national conversation on climate change sound like if this kind of honesty broke through with any regularity?

Dec 24, 2013 / Wen Stephenson

Goldman Sachs Vet to Oversee Housing, Development Under de Blasio Goldman Sachs Vet to Oversee Housing, Development Under de Blasio

The mayor-elect also named an aide as his chief of staff.

Dec 23, 2013 / Jarrett Murphy

Sympathy for Justine Sacco Sympathy for Justine Sacco

Justine Sacco’s tweet was outrageous. So was the online mob campaign that turned her into the most vilified woman in the world.

Dec 23, 2013 / Michelle Goldberg

Racism in Israel

Racism in Israel Racism in Israel

Extremists, backed by the majority, are desperate to preserve Jewish purity in Israel.

Dec 23, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Police Use Tear Gas on Protesters Following Teen’s Death in Custody Police Use Tear Gas on Protesters Following Teen’s Death in Custody

Police violently dispersed a crowd of about 150 people in Durnham, North Carolina, during a vigil in which supporters demanded answers after the death of a teenager, who managed to...

Dec 23, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny

De Blasio Picks Another Insider for Child Welfare Chief De Blasio Picks Another Insider for Child Welfare Chief

And maybe that's perfectly OK.

Dec 23, 2013 / Jarrett Murphy

Scott Walker Goes All ‘Duck Dynasty’ on the First Amendment Scott Walker Goes All ‘Duck Dynasty’ on the First Amendment

The ACLU accuses Walker of “bogus appropriation” of free speech arguments to defend offensive acts by government.

Dec 23, 2013 / John Nichols

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